Security Agents Follow Me To Negotiations With Bandits – Gumi

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has stated that security forces are aware of the hideouts used by bandits in the northern regions of Nigeria, adding that they accompany him for negotiations with bandits.

Gumi disclosed this in an interview on Nigeria Info FM, emphasizing the necessity of negotiation with the perpetrators behind the recent abduction of approximately 287 students from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State.

He proposed that negotiation could lead to a safe return of the captives without necessarily involving financial transactions, hinting at potential prisoner swaps.

He described the bandits as marginalized citizens deprived of basic social services like education, infrastructure, and water.

Gumi added that their criminal activities stemmed from these unaddressed grievances and advocated for a government amnesty program akin to what was implemented in the Niger Delta region, aiming to quell the rising tide of insecurity in the North.

He said, “I don’t think they (security agents) are truthful with you. When I go, I go with them; I don’t go alone.”

As touching the identities of the bandits, Gumi said they are mainly herdsmen, who are largely Nigerians with few foreigners.

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